The Transocean Leader unit from Transocean and Island Offshore’s light well intervention vessel Island Frontier have been named by Statoil as its rig and intervention team of 2011 respectively. “These two winners have achieved outstanding results,” Margareth Øvrum, executive vice president for Techn
Aquaterra is undertaking a Knowledge Transfer Secondment (KTS) scheme with the Computational Structural Mechanics Lab led by Dr Fehmi Cirak at the Cambridge University Engineering Department to assist with the development of their analysis services. Aquaterra Energy opened a Cambridge office in Dece
In December 2011 and January 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) and Island Offshore Subsea AS (Island Offshore). The audit was aimed at management of major accident risk and the barrier management system in connection with light wel
BP has decided to extend the maintenance and modification contract with Aker Solutions, exercising an option in the existing agreement for the Ula, Valhall, Skarv, Hod and Tambar fields. Work under the extended contract will last until April 2014, and the contract value is estimated to be in the ran
Crews of deep-sea submersibles operated by Northern Fleet (NF) Search and Rescue Dept are preparing for participation in the Bold Monarch 2012 international submarine rescue exercise. Practical training takes place in Varlamov Bay Range, Barents Sea. Operators improve control skills of submersibles
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has signed a contract with Ocean Installer AS (OI.II) for hire of SOFF’s offshore construction vessel (CSV) “Normand Mermaid”. The duration of the contract is firm for 5 years with further 5 x 1 year option and it commences on the 1st March 2013. The contract value is con
Austal announces the mooring of the US Navy’s Research Vessel ROGER REVELLE (AGOR 24) at its Marine Support Base in Henderson, Western Australia. Owned by the US Office of Naval Research and operated by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the 274 foot (84 meter) ship is pierside for maintenance a
HYSY720, a seismic vessel fleet owned by China Oilfield Services Limited （“COSL”）, has successfully finished 3D seismic data collection operation in China East Sea in an efficient and safe manner recently, establishing a precedence of all-weather operations for COSL’s geophysical fleet. This operati
Newly released images of the Titanic wreck site provide the first unrestricted view of the world’s most notable maritime heritage site. These new images add to the already unprecedented collection of images published in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic Magazine. For the first time the pub
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into an agreement with Subsea 7 International Contracting Limited (Subsea 7), where by Subsea 7 will aquire 50% of the CSV “Normand Oceanic” through purchase of shares in a single purpose company to be incorporated. “Normand Oceanic” was delivered to SOFF from
Neptune Marine Services Ltd notes that effective from today, due to an increased workload in his private investments and commitments, Mr Rob Scott has announced his retirement from the board of Neptune. Neptune’s Chairman Mr Ross Kennan stated, “We are all very grateful for Rob’s significant contrib
Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, presents its patented PREON® marine tubes system designed to anchor offshore wind turbines to the seabed. Developed by Vallourec’s R&D teams, this solution will mean that offshore wind turbine foundations can be installed with less effort, noise
Today, DNV acquires Vattenfall’s shares in STRI to expand its presence in the power transmission sector. “The purchase of 12.5% shares in STRI (Swedish Transmission Research Institute) is a natural step in our drive to support both the electrification of the oil and gas industry, as well as the inte
CTC Marine Projects, Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, announced the award of a major trenching contract for COOEC on the Liwan 3-1 Project in China located 350 kilometres offshore Shenzhen, China. CTC will be responsible for the trenching of approximately 174 kilometres of 30-inch p
